Puss Reboots: Blog: May 2007: Sacred Symbols: Ancient Egypt

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Sacred Symbols: Ancient Egypt: 05/29/07

Herebedragons's son and I are fascinated by books about ancient Egypt. So when this little book was offered at the last BookCrossing meeting, I took it to read and to then send it onto Herebedragons.

The book has beautiful photographs but the binding is cheap and the descriptions written for each photograph are simplistic. For a fan of the subject the book doesn't have much to offer beyond the pretty pictures.

The book is also nothing more than one of those cheap mini-books often on offer at in grocery store checkout lines. It doesn't even list an author, just the publisher. Nor does it list a bibliography or citations. Even stocking stuffer books should give credit where credit is due! Comments (0)